Singapore Lee Kuan Yew's authoritarian rule is beginning to hurt the country.

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Singapore Lee Kuan Yew's authoritarian rule is beginning to hurt the country. Look for yourselves.

First, Lee Kuan Yew is finding it harder and harder to persuade honest capable people to join his party or his government because his cruel illegal harassment and hounding of his political opponents by his abusing the law and every organ of state has discredited him and his government beyond hope.

He does find some who will still join him but these are themselves persons lacking in integrity. Take for instance the Sikh lawyer from the law firm Drew and Napier whom he retains to sue his political opponents. That Sikh, one can see, has no shame or self respect at all since he, just as any other lawyer knows that the defamation cases that he argues for his client Lee Kuan Yew are entirely without merit since every one of those cases involves legitimate political criticism of Lee Kuan Yew which is clearly within the free speech clause of the Singapore Constitution. But he wins every one of his cases because he knows that the judges who decide these cases, are just like him, men without any principle!

There are others like the Indian Sikh who heads the Bankruptcy Office, another who will say or do anything to please his master, Lee Kuan Yew, and as an example of which, you will recall his having said that in his opinion Mr. JB Jeyaretnam, the highly respected opposition politician was "the most dishonest bankrupt he ever came across". To say such a thing, knowing it is a lie, requires a person to be totally devoid of integrity. This is the sort of worm that holds high position in Lee's government.

The list of Lee Kuan Yew's willing lieutenants goes on. High court judges such as Wu Bhi Li and VK Rajah and the lot of them.

Do you see my point? I am trying to say that Lee is no longer able to get upright men and women to work for him, because such people refuse to do the dirty work that goes with the job. This is hurting Singapore. Recently because of the continuing heavy resignations and the inability to attract new entrants, Civil Service salaries were increased, but despite this, the numbers continue to decline.

The fact that Singaporeans are getting educated is itself turning out to be an albatross around Lee Kuan Yew's neck. Education makes one think. It emboldens people which makes it more and more difficult for Lee to lie to them. 20 years ago, when Lee spoke of his achievements in his 3 hour speeches to the people, they were all ears, because they were not aware of the truth. Now, even if Lee pays you to listen, you might still refuse since we are no longer as gullible. Perhaps you might tell him to go tell the sailors. In the minds of the discerning, we now know that he is nothing more than a ruthless corrupt money grabbing dictator, no more no less.

Emigration is a major problem that Singapore faces. The fact is now that Singapore educates its citizens only to let Australia and New Zealand reap the benefits of these people who emigrate there. Although Lee Kuan Yew tries to replace these people by encouraging immigration, no one with any real ability is taking up the offer. There are various reports which have stated that of the 870,000 foreign workers in Singapore, the vast majority are unskilled temporary workers. The skilled who leave Singapore are not being replaced.

Take myself Gopalan Nair for instance. I am a lawyer with many years of experience both in Singapore and the USA. But even if I was paid a million dollars, I will refuse to be even seen in the company of such dishonest lawyers such as the Sikh who abuses the law for a living on behalf of Lee Kuan Yew. And just like myself other honest professionals refuse to come to Singapore. Although the state controlled Singapore press will not say so, the Singapore government is finding the brain drain crippling and it is seriously affecting it's ability to run the country.

The problem is that Singapore has lost it's credibility both within and outside Singapore. What Lee Kuan Yew fails to understand is that when credibility is lost, all is lost.

Thanks to the efforts of Dr. Chee and others, this fact that Singapore is a country lacking in credibility, is corrupt and denies the rule of law is well known throughout out the world. As a result, the European Union is now placing restrictions on Tumasek and GIC investing in European countries. Scandinavia and Canada are doing the same. They are even thinking of reneging on the Singapore investments already there.

Locally in Singapore, every single Singaporean has lost respect for the very foundations of society, namely the Judiciary being corrupt, Lee and his Ministers being corrupt in paying themselves millions of dollars, the Civil Service being corrupt for refusing political critics their normal rights, and the list of infamy goes on. Lee Kuan Yew and his government has, to put it bluntly, been discredited.

The latest evidence of this is the refusal of Singaporeans to fly the Singapore flag in their HDB cubicles which they call home. The flags are not being flown for this National Day. Almost all housing blocks refuse to fly the flag.

And if you have read this article, please take that flag down. This will be showing Mr. Lee Kuan Yew that he is no longer wanted.

Another serious problem is students who are bonded on Singapore government scholarships breaking their bonds after having lived for some time in the West, despite their action resulting in their parents having to pay heavy penalties. Why? Well, they have seen the the pleasure of freedom in the West in contrast to the stifling repression under Lee's thumb. This is causing Lee heavy damage.

On the whole, investments from the West are declining. The West is becoming more and more aware of what Singapore under Lee Kuan Yew really is, nothing more than a place to work and keep paying taxes with no possibility of becoming rich, unless you are prepared to tow Lee's line. Singapore is being looked upon as another Burma and therefore not a place to invest, not wanting to enrich the dictatorship.

The Singapore foundations are weakening from attrition from these various angles. Emigration, disaffection from the locals, foreigners beginning to know the true authoritarian Singapore. We are all doing our bit to bring Lee down. Myself with this blog which is widely read. Dr. Chee in Singapore fighting and making the world know what it is. And the many others who all do their bit, by constantly exposing the repressive dictatorship.

We have seen Lee Kuan Yew speaking publicly very often these past few days on the history of Singapore and so on. He is 83 years old. He will die, sooner than others. No one even bothers to mention his son's name, whom he has appointed the Prime Minister since people see him as completely inconsequential. Lee Kuan Yew is worried what will happen to his son and his government when he dies. That is why he is busy making his speeches. No doubt he is worried for his son.

I will tell him now. His government together with his son will fall. And when that happens, it is he who is responsible for it.

Gopalan Nair
39737 Paseo Padre Parkway, Suite A1
Fremont, CA 94538, USA
Tel: 510 657 6107
Fax: 510 657 6914
Email: gopalnair@us-immigrationlaw.com

The Lee Kuan Yew family owns the Republic of Singapore and every one in it! Examine the facts.

Ladies and Gentlemen,

The Lee Kuan Yew family owns the Republic of Singapore and every one in it! Examine the facts. In fact the entire country is the private family business of the Lee family.

The Judiciary
Lee has a judiciary that is completely at his service. He does this by paying them very well. In other words, corruption. At anytime, he can have convicted and bankrupted anyone that he dislikes. Examples, Dr. Chee, JB Jeyaretnam and anyone else that dares to cross his path.

The Civil Service
Same as Lee's Judiciary. Entirely at his disposal to punish anyone who dares to criticize him or his family members.

The Media
All the newspapers belong to him. They are state owned and controlled. They say whatever he wants to say. They will defame his political opponents at will. But if others even criticize him, defamation actions will follow with guaranteed success.

The Police Force
Similarly very high salaries are paid to those who run the force. The force is at his beck and call at anytime to harass, arrest and torture anyone who dares to criticize. It is done by getting the loyalty of those at the top. Again, corruption in high salaries.

The Singaporean
The reality is that each Singaporean works for Lee Kuan Yew. Never mind whether they work in the Government sector or private companies. In the end everyone works for the Lee family. The movements and activities of each and every Singaporean is monitored by the Singapore government intelligence services. If anyone is found to be critical of Lee's PAP, they may lose their jobs or their promotions stymied. In every case, Big Brother is watching.

Loss of opportunities for those critical
If you are seen to be contrary to Lee's government, you will not get any assistance form the government. Discretionary opportunities provided by the government will be denied to you. You will not succeed financially.

Lee family makes you work for them
By refusing to pay you your CPF entitlement, he forces you to pay him. This is done by taking your CPF money and using it for his private business of Tumasek Holdings and the GIC. The Lee family trades worldwide with your money but refuses to account for any of the profits. It can be assumed therefore that he is pocketing it. In any case, we will not know because he refuses to say. Daily theft and corruption. Stealing your money daily in broad daylight.

Lee publicly informs you that he has decided to pay himself and each of his ministers millions of dollars of your money
He has publicly informed you that whether you like it or not, he is going to steal your money under your very nose. He has declared that his salary will be several million dollars each year. Not only that, his son and all his ministers will also steal from you that amount each. And this money that they steal comes from the trading he does internationally through Tumasek Holdings and the GIC, both multi million trillion dollar companies, which he has founded using your money on a daily basis.

The reason why he makes public the fact that he is paying himself millions
The reason is because in actual fact, he is trying to hide the millions he is stealing without your knowledge. If one day he is toppled, he will try to shield himself by saying that the payment to him was public knowledge. Well, what about the other millions he is stealing without our knowledge? "He can run but he cannot hide", to borrow Dr. Chee's very wise remark to Goh Chock Tong.

The HDB
He lies to you by claiming that you have purchased it when in fact you are no more than a renter for a 100 year lease. In any case, you will Pay and Pay because after 20 years he will knock it down and ask you to start paying one more time all over again. You will die paying him. He owns you.

The Societies Act
You can only form a society provided it conforms to his liking. If not, the Society will itself be bankrupted and dissolved. You are not allowed to canvass for donations without a permit. If you applied for a permit to canvass for a purpose against his government, it will be disallowed. You will be fined and lose your job.

Your houses does not belong to you
Almost all houses are HDB anyway. They can be knocked down anytime. You will have to start paying again. If you have freehold, the Lee family can compulsorily take it anytime. You will paid peanuts in compensation.

Singaporeans have to work to pay Lee family
You have to work and pay your CPF, HDB rents, motor vehicle charges, all sorts of other charges to the Lee family. In return he will make sure the roads are paved, you have TV to watch and the Sentosa amusement park is kept going. Other than that, he keeps all the rest of your money.

You will have to listen to Lee Kuan Yew speeches
On a regular basis, he will come out and make speeches and bore you to death. All the speeches are about himself. How great he is. What a superman he is. What greatness he has achieved. He will pay a some people to stand in line and cheer him along, like the North Korean Kim, and he will put it in the paper. You are expected to parrot and say that he is great although you may think he is an idiot.

In the end, you are nothing more than slaves.
Lee gives you a roof over your head and permits you to watch television and procreate. yet all people do is to watch television. They are unable to procreate. it is difficult to procreate when they know that Lee is watching them, 24 hours a day.

I am not a slave. I live in America.
I do not know why you wish to live as slaves. I will not. If you did not know yet, I live in America. I don't have to listen to Bush and he cannot steal my money like Lee does.

Good luck my friends.

Gopalan Nair
39737 Paseo Padre Parkway, Suite A1
Fremont, CA 94538, USA
Tel: 510 657 6107
Fax: 510 657 6914
Email: gopalnair@us-immigrationlaw.com

Judgement at Nuremburg and the trials in Singapore Courts

Ladies and Gentlemen,

The backdrop is the brilliant 1961 move "Judgement at Nuremburg". It is a fictional story based on the Nuremburg Trials after World War 2 where Nazi war criminals were tried and convicted of crimes against humanity. 6 million Jews as well as thousands of Gypsies, other minorities and disabled persons were deported, an euphemism for transportation and execution at concentration camps.

This gripping movie is a military court martial where 4 Nazi judges, Chief Justice Dr. Ernst Janning, Emil Hahn, Werner Lampe and Friedrich Hofstetter are being tried for having issued orders of deportation against Jews.

Nazi Chief Justice Ernst Janning is played brilliantly by Burt Lancaster. During the trial despite excellent representation by Hanhs Rolfe, played by Maximilian Schell who won an academy award for his role, Janning decides to confess. The rendition is excellent.

The prosecution's case against Janning was based mainly on the Feldenstein case, where an old Jew, Feldenstein was ordered to be executed by Janning for allegedly having defiled the morality of a 16 year old German girl on false charges.

I quote the ending of the confession of Janning:

" I had reached my verdict on the Feldenstein case even before I ever came into the courtroom. I would have found him guilty whatever the evidence. It was not a trial at all."

" Emil Hahn, Werner Lampe, Freidrich Hofstetter.......... and Ernst Janning, worse than any of them, because he knew what they were and when he went along with them, Ernst Janning made his life excrement because he walked with them".

This is a gripping movie. I strongly recommend it.

Now the backdrop in Singapore. Not players in a movie but real life. Dr. Chee Soon Juan was sued for defamation of character by Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew and his son, the Prime Minister of Singapore.The case was heard before High Court Judge of Singapore Belinda Ang on Sept 11, 2006. M Ravi, a former attorney represented Dr. Chee. Mr. Singh, the usual defamation lawyer of the Lees, father and son, represented them. Mr. Ravi, Chee's lawyer was taken ill. Dr. Chee asked for a continuance. It was denied. He asked for a short 2 week adjournment to find another lawyer. That too was denied. To add insult to injury, this Judge went on to hear the case in her chambers, without hearing any witnesses and not only that, without the even presence of Dr. Chee and ordered him to pay the Lees half a million dollars. Not having the money, he has since been made a bankrupt.

On July the 31, 2007, Dr. Chee's appeal before the Court of Appeal in Singapore against this decision was heard. He had no lawyer, as usual, not because he did not want one, but because all lawyers in Singapore are afraid to defend Lee's political opponents for fear that they too would be bankrupted like Dr. Chee for having the audacity to represent Dr. Chee.

So Dr. Chee represents himself. This time the parties are the Judges VK Rajah, Andrew Phang, and Woo Bih Li. Dr. Chee, even though not a lawyer does the best he can. Dr. Chee explains the injustice done to him by Belinda Ang. The judges ask a few perfunctory questions and retire promptly to their chambers, only to return after 15 minutes to deny the appeal of Dr. Chee.

I was then thinking then, of this movie Judgement at Nuremberg and the confession by Ernst Janning which appears equally applicable to these Singapore judges. So let me put it in quotations.

" Judges Belinda Ang, VK Rajah, Andrew Phang and Woo Bih Li had reached their verdicts against Dr. Chee even before they came into the courtroom. They would have found him guilty whatever the evidence. It was not a trial at all".

" Judges Belinda Ang, VK Rajah, Andrew Phang and Woo Bih Li made their lives excrement when they knowingly unjustly found against Dr. Chee to please their master Lee Kuan Yew, just as Nazi Judge Ernst Janning had deported innocent Jews to please his master Adolf Hitler".

"The lives of Judges Belinda Ang, VK Rajah, Andrew Phang and Woo Bih Li became at that moment EXCREMENT."

I strongly recommend this movie. You will find stunning parallel with the Singapore political courts of the Lee Administration. Very similar to the Nazi courts. And by the way, you can see the faces of these Singapore judges in the Singapore Democratic Website http://www.singaporedemocrat.org/.

Gopalan Nair
39737 Paseo Padre Parkway, Suite A1
Fremont, CA 94538, USA
Tel: 510 657 6107
Fax: 510 657 6914
Email: gopalnair@us-immigrationlaw.com

Straits Times reports that wages in lower paid jobs have gone down, not higher!

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Let us ask this question bluntly. Is there any benefit to be a Singaporean in Singapore? If so, what is it?

The Straits Times, the state controlled newspaper in Singapore surprisingly reported 2 days ago that wages of cleaners and security guards in Singapore has actually declined over the years, in spite of the cost of living having gone up during the same period. I said surprisingly, because mostly one reads only praise and glory for Lee Kuan Yew and his government in that state controlled press. Hardly any bad news. Perhaps this is one story that slipped the censor's scrutiny.

But anyway, this fact is intolerable. Wages of Singaporeans in the lower levels have declined. Declined when the Singapore government claims that their economy is doing well. Declined when the Lee and his Son and all his ministers had given themselves mind boggling dizzy salaries of millions of dollars each annually.

And what is even more shocking is the reason why the wages have declined. It is because the government has permitted foreigners to come from poorer countries such as India and China to take these jobs for lower wages, thus lowering the wages of Singaporeans. Surely this is not right.

I have said previously before in my post that the Singapore government's primary responsibility is to Singaporeans before any foreigner. Singaporeans cost of living has gone up over the years. They have HDB payments, food costs, children's education costs, which are all much higher than in Bangladesh. Their rights come first. Their jobs should be protected against this indiscriminate licence to foreigners to take them.

I therefore tell this Lee and his government that what they are doing in permitting these low cost workers from depressed countries to take jobs from Singaporeans thereby compelling them to work for lesser wages is simply wrong. It is even criminal.

They have to understand this. The Singaporean worker comes first in Singapore. Not the Banlgladesi, not the Malaysian or not the Indonesian. In their countries, they come first before others. In Singapore, Singaporeans come before others.

You have to send a clear message to these million dollar ministers that this cannot go on. I ask the SDP and other Singaporean workers who have been displaced by foreign workers to pick up your courage. You have to protest. I ask for a public protest and peaceful demonstration outside the Ministry of Manpower, with banners and placards and leaflets to show your anger against this outrage against Singaporeans. You have to do it now.

The argument about market forces being permitted to decide wages, the lame excuse that Lee uses to justify this pain against his people, is completely deviod of merit. The market forces within Singapore should decide the wages. Not a free for all from people around the world deciding what wages are to be paid. This way, the wages in Singapore would become that which is paid in Bangladesh. That is where it is heading.

Lee's permitting such foreigners to dampen the wages in Singapore is intended only to benefit the employers who will continue to enjoy cheap labor. But this policy is killing local Singaporeans.

Even if you did not protest about anything, this is one issue that you cannot let go of. You must stand up now. You must tell this Lee tyrant, that there are some things that will be changed. And tell him that in this case, you demand that he listen.

Thank you my friends.

Gopalan Nair
39737 Paseo Padre Parkway, Suite A1
Fremont, CA 94538, USA
Tel: 510 657 6107
Fax: 510 657 6914 Email: gopalnair@us-immigrationlaw.com

An American in Singapore who disagrees with me. The correspondence here. You judge for yourself.

I am attaching below a letter from an American claiming to have lived in Singapore for the last 18 years. He obviously disagrees with my views. Still, they are his views and he is entitled to say them. You can decide which view is right.

Best Regards
Gopalan Nair
Fremont, California

From: David A. Kriner Sent: Monday, July 30, 2007 10:54 PMTo: gopalnair@us-immigrationlaw.comSubject: Singapore

As an American professional who has chosen to make Singapore my home for the last 18 years, after living in the US, Switzerland, Germany, Hong Kong, UK and Belgium, I have a very hard time recognizing the Singapore you are trying to convince people exists.

I believe it is you who has been blinded to the truth, not all the others!

David Kriner


From: Gopalan Nair [mailto:gopalnair@us-immigrationlaw.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 7:42 AMTo: 'David A. Kriner'Subject: RE: Singapore

Dear Mr. Kriner,

Thank you for your Email. I would very much like to publish your Email as a comment on the blog. After all what we are after is intelligent debate. You may disagree with me, but that does not mean that you have to shut up, unlike what the PAP of Singapore would demand of you.

You are aware, that the Singapore government is now resorting to using bogey commentors and ghost writers using false pretences in their desperation to stifle any criticism against them. For instance you may in fact not be an American at all but an Singaporean agent. If so, my publishing your comment on the blog would be deceiving my readers.

Before we go any further, please provide your telephone number, full and correct name, you address and the name as it appears in your passport. I will then use my sources in Singapore to check on you. If you are indeed Mr. David A Kriner, I will publish your letter.

As for any response to your comment, all I will have to say is that you are misinformed despite having lived in Singapore for 18 years as you claim.

But, you are of course entitled to your opinion.

A good day, sir.

Gopalan Nair
Fremont, California

Dear Mr. Nair,

I have never subscribed to the ‘Just because you’re not paranoid doesn’t mean they are not after you’ school of thought. For your information, I was born in Indiana in 1953, but have spent most of my life living in Europe (18 Years) and in Asia (the last 25). I am not easily deceived and believe in evaluating everything I come across with an open mind and based only on the results and evidence that I, and others around me, can see. I am not a follower of conspiracy theories, whether religious or political, and became a Christian some 4 years ago.

Please feel free to publish my comment if you like, but you do a disservice to your supposed country of birth, assuming of course that you are who you say you are! :>)

Best Regards, Dave Kriner

Why Singapore has lost it's direction

Ladies and Gentlemen,

China is known throughout the world for denying it's people human rights. It is a dictatorial communist country intolerant of dissent. Yet, it continues to receive massive foreign investment. China has become the world's number 1 manufacturing country. This is simply because China has cheap labor and Western countries need it to manufacture their goods.

Singapore is not China. Singapore now is seen by the world as not much different from China as regards human rights. It is an authoritarian state intolerant of dissent, where the press is state owned and political dissidents are jailed and bankrupted. In this appalling political climate which the world is now fully aware, the question is, whether Singapore can receive the necessary foreign investment to keep Singapore ticking? Unlike China, I think not. And I think, this is the beginning of the slippery slope of decline of Singapore.

Here are the reasons. Unlike China, Singapore no longer has cheap labor. Therefore it is no longer competitive to mass produce goods in Singapore for the Western market like China. Singapore does have a financial industry in offshore banking. But so has Bangkok, Hong Kong and any other place one can think of. Compared to Bangkok and Hong Kong, Singapore stands at a clear disadvantage, because Singapore has been painted with a very black brush as a brutal dictatorship that denies their citizens fundamental rights; which means that given the choice any foreign investor would prefer to put his money in a country that treats it's people well.

There are not that many other industries in Singapore. You have the biotechnology industry. This is a high value added, high wage sector. What need is there for a pharmaceutical company to be based in Singapore, when comparative wage costs are not much different, compared to say Ireland, which is a democracy where it's citizens are treated with respect.

What else is there? You have the petrochemical industry. Well so has Malaysia. Petroleum refining plants can be built anywhere in the world. This industry exists in Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand. Therefore no special advantage for Singapore.

You of course have the Port of Singapore and the airport. Again, Singapore is losing out to it's neighbours. Tanjong Pelapas in Malaysia is already overtaking Singapore and ports are being revamped and improved throughout the region.

As for the airport, Singapore is steadily losing out to the rest. The past notion of a hub and spoke airport where flights arrive at a hub airport which provides feeder flights to neighbouring cities no longer holds good. With better aircraft, it is easier to fly straight from San Francisco to Chennai rather than stopping at Singapore before the Chennai leg.

Dubai airport for instance has already overtaken Singapore in every respect. Just as Dubai, everyone else is catching on.

You have of course tourism, with Chinese and Indian tourists making up the the majority. So there may be jobs in stores selling sundry items for tourists.

You also have numerous convention centers in the attempt to make Singapore a convention center.

Then of course you have the impending casinos which will cater to gamblers drunks and pimps.

These sort of industries are not enough to make Singapore great. It may trudge along, but as Lord Macaulay said, it is like an ostrich. It can run but it can never hope to soar.

And the reason for this sad state of affairs in Singapore is the arrogance of Lee and his government. No self respecting human being likes to be constantly told what to do. He wants to decide that for himself. And that is what this dictatorial Singapore government denies it's people. And when they are not given their right to have a say in the way the government is run, they are put off. They either refuse to show any interest in their work or if possible they emigrate.

Furthermore Lee has deliberately angered Singapore's neighbours and taken advantage of them. Lee had called Australians "white thrash". He has invested a large amount in Australia in almost every sector of every industry. Now the Australians angered by Lee's insults and the hanging of Australian citizen Ngyuen, are now threatening to renege on all investments of Singapore Tumasek Holdings and the GIC in Australia. They are particularly angry that Singapore is misleading Australia by claiming that Tumasek is a private company, when in actual fact it is an arm of the Singapore government. They are not happy that the Singapore government under false pretences, i.e. Tumasek Holdings, is in fact the owner of Australian assets. Surely an understandable sentiment.

You are aware of course that Thailand has already kicked out Singapore from it's Thai Shin Corp ownership. Indonesia has refused to sell anymore granite and sand to Singapore for it's building industry. The European Union and Canada have declared that they will not permit anymore Singapore government investments in their countries without scrutiny as to the true owners of those investments. If it is Singapore government which is seen as a country which denies their people fundamental rights, such investments may not be approved.

In other words, Lee and his government is turning out to be pariah among nations.

This dishonest deception by Singapore in Australia is now known by all other countries throughout the world. Singapore is expected to face hostility from all Western countries where Singapore has investments and may result in their having to withdraw them.

All this does not augur well for arrogant Lee and his arrogant government.

In this situation, that has been going on for the last 40 years, it is Lee Kuan Yew and his ministers deciding everything without any consultation with the people. You read one day in the press that the GST has gone up, the next day that the CPF has gone up, the next day that bus fares have gone up and so on. The inquiring man will rightly ask why is he not given any chance to participate in this decision making. Surely it is his country and he being a citizen has his rights.

But Lee is not interested in what he has to say. Lee believes he knows best. His government scholars who are Cabinet Ministers know best. They will decide.

And it is because it is only the government that is permitted to think, that Singapore doesn't appear to find it's direction. For Singapore to succeed, you need the participation of the public in citizenship and governance. And until such time as this dictator decides to permit his people the right to participate in the running of the country, Singapore will be going from failed disc drive industry, to failed bio tech industry to failed airport. And to a failed country.

It is always the case in countries where only a handful of people are permitted to think.

Gopalan Nair
39737 Paseo Padre Parkway, Suite A1
Fremont, CA 94538, USA
Tel: 510 657 6107
Fax: 510 657 6914
Email: gopalnair@us-immigrationlaw.com

Singapore. How Lee Kuan Yew manages to defraud his people.

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Lee Kuan Yew successfully misleads Singaporeans and the world by claiming that Singapore is a democracy. That he is a democrat.

In fact nothing can be further from the truth. Lee has no intention whatsoever to share power with anyone else. He selfishly wants to enrich only himself and his family, that is, his son and other relatives.

He outwardly holds regular elections, and in doing so, he tells Singaporeans and the world that Singapore is a democracy. At the same time, he ensures that the opposition loses by all form of dirty tricks, such as defamation actions and smear campaigns. And there is credible evidence that he rigs the elections as well.

In order to run the country, principally for the benefit of himself and his immediate family, he of course needs capable and educated people. So he pays inordinate astronomical salaries to those skilled and able to work for him, in the Civil Service, the Judiciary and all other government departments.

These people, who work for him, have to be, by the very definition, dishonest and corrupt, because obviously any honest and upright person with an education and a modicum of integrity would have refused to work for the Lee Dictatorship at any price, knowing how dirty this administration is.

Everyone can see that Lee manages to stay in power by dishonest means. He subjugates the press and media to become his mouthpieces. This castrated media distorts the truth and falsely glorifies the dictatorship.

The editors of this state controlled Lee's mouthpiece do their shameful work because of the generous financial rewards that Lee provides.

The Singapore judges are servants of Lee, dishing out defamation awards against opposition politicians at Lee's behest, thereby corrupting themselves and the law.

These judges are obviously dishonest people since any upright honest judge would have resigned forthwith and told Lee to do his dirty work himself.

It is the same with the Civil Service, all dishonest men and women who run these organizations, doing dirty work for Lee because the pay is right.

The heads of the Police Force orders their officers to go out and harass Lee's political opponents. These high ranking Police Officers have no integrity. For money, they would probably sell their daughters.

School children are given competitive examinations where those who excel are given scholarships at prestigious universities abroad. The down side is that when they return, they have to do dirty work for Lee Kuan Yew for many years, such as working as the Official Assignee with orders to bankrupt innocent political dissenters.

Although the school children may not be initially aware of the dishonesty of their government, their parents are entirely without integrity when they permit their children to sell their souls for money, by making them serve the dictator in return for the scholarship. They do it for money like All the Kings Men, for money.

Every Singapore government organization is headed by such unprincipled dishonest opportunists. They are in it only for the money. Not the good of the country or its people.

There are, lucky for Lee Kuan Yew and his immediate family, sufficient of these corrupt mercenaries for him to not only remain in power but continue to milk his population of their hard earned money.

As you know he pays himself several million dollars, yes the figure is not a typographical error, and so does his son and his family members. His crooked highly educated lieutenants do not get that much but still, way way above what they could have got through an honest days work.

All this is good for Lee, his son, family and friends but bad for the country.

Although there are such highly educated scum who run around doing the bidding of Lee for money, the vast majority of people of Singapore are on the whole, a people of principle.

They refuse, regardless of the price, to do the dirty work of Lee Kuan Yew. Since they will not be hired by Lee because they refuse to be push overs, they just retreat entirely from any involvement in the governance of the country.

They are the majority who in Singapore parlance have "switched off" from politics. As a result of their deliberate withdrawal from political debate, what is left in Singapore is a small group of "governors" and the majority who blindly submit to be governed.

Since in a small country such as Singapore where the number of government cronies who do the governing must of necessity be small, without the masses who deliberately refuse to contribute to national affairs, the talent pool of thinkers and risk takers is insufficient for advancement.

This lack of talent with ideas causes Singapore to fail relative to other countries such as New Zealand where each citizen feels wanted and patriotic with a strong respect for their country and government.

In Singapore on the other hand, the average Singaporean looks upon the Lee politicians as no more than a bunch of money grabbers, million dollar ministers.

They have no respect for their government nor their judiciary which they see as an instrument of oppression.

At the same time, the vast majority of Singaporeans with any sense of principle and self respect decide that since they cannot succeed in Singapore unless they compromise their conscience and sing Lee’s song, they have no other choice but to emigrate.

This causes a great strain on Singapore because those who emigrate, which occurs in crippling numbers each year, are in fact the most educated and skilled among their people leaving only those uneducated to remain thereby causing an even more disadvantage compared to other countries, namely the lack of talent.

Lee of course tries to somehow run the country by the quick fix of permitting massive immigration of foreigners to come and settle and work in Singapore. But this is again doomed to failure. Those who come are lacking in skills and ability. Had they such skills, they would have emigrated to Australia or Canada.

It is unfortunate that foreign countries continue to be fooled into thinking that Singapore has any prospects. Lee has managed to do this by continuously painting a glorified picture of Singapore in their state controlled press.

And the foreigners have taken the bait. The truth is, Singapore is rotting at its foundation. There are insufficient people to run the place.

The educated are leaving. Cost is too high for foreign investment to get a return. There are no longer any thinking people, other than Lee and his family and friends. With no natural resources, the only asset of Singapore is it's people. But Lee has made sure that the people have no interest whatsoever in the government.

Realizing that they have lost in almost every direction, in desperation, they have thought of casinos. Gambling. But this too will not work, because Macau where the Chinese wealthy are now going, would find no reason to come to Singapore with it's sterile atmosphere, completely opposite of what gamblers expect; women, wine and drugs. They get it all in Macau.

It is not as if, Lee Kuan Yew is not aware of the ruin he is doing to his country. But being dishonest and corrupt, he doesn’t care as long as he and his family are able to continue raking the people's money.

This cannot go on for too long.

Lee Kuan Yew is fooling you and stealing from you. Unless you do something to stop him, it will be too late, both for you and for Singapore.

It is time to protest publicly why this cannot go on.

Gopalan Nair
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